On 1/27/2014 12:28 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>
> "Dave Smith" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On 2014-01-26 11:48 AM, Nancy Young wrote:
>>> On 1/26/2014 11:04 AM, notbob wrote:
>>>> On 2014-01-26, Nancy Young > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Reader's Digest had comments.....
>>>>
>>>> Reader's Digest still exists!?
>>>
>>> No.
>>>
>>
>> Yes. It is a lot smaller than it used to be. I still see them in
>> medical offices.
>
> Smaller? I don't think so. Maybe you're used to the oversized print
> version?

No, the current editions of RD are much smaller than in the past. Far
fewer articles, almost all of which are only a page or two. There are
also fewer humor articles and it seems there are almost none of the
short little quips at the end of articles.

I've read RD for many years and could keep one to be read over several
days or weeks. Now I'm finished with an edition after one reading. I'm
not sure they're worth the price of subscription anymore.

--
DreadfulBitch

I intend to live forever....so far, so good.
......Steven Wright

On Mon, 27 Jan 2014 02:13:52 -0600, Sqwertz wrote:


> I've never even heard of it.
>
> -sw

Yer a dwarfish moron.

notbob wrote:
>
> On 2014-01-26, Nancy Young > wrote:
>
> > Reader's Digest had comments.....
>
> Reader's Digest still exists!?

They're on-line now. I believe the
Telex address is RD1411.

On 1/26/2014 11:04 AM, notbob wrote:
> On 2014-01-26, Nancy Young > wrote:
>
>> Reader's Digest had comments.....
>
> Reader's Digest still exists!?
>
> nb
>

Good as ever. I've subscribed close to 50 years now.

On Sun, 26 Jan 2014 10:17:02 -0500, Nancy Young
> wrote:

>Reader's Digest had comments from supermarket experts,
>some of which I question.
>
>For instance: The average customer tends to remember the
>price of only four items: milk, bread, bananas, and eggs.
>Ninety-five percent of shoppers have no idea what all the
>other items cost and don't know if they're getting a good
>deal when they buy them?
>
>Seems to me people here notice a dime's difference in price,
>maybe I'm wrong. I am on the oblivious side, myself, and I
>notice when something's a good price or higher than I remember
>paying before. I don't actually know what milk goes for.
>
>Another one: We let you linger ... and it's good for business.
>Customers would tell me as they went through the checkout "I
>just stopped in for eggs" and they would have $250 worth of
>stuff.
>
>Seriously, it's happened to me I spent $40 when I only
>planned to get a couple of items, but $250? Has it ever
>happened to you? Happens enough that it winds up being
>mentioned in an article as if it happens every day?
>
>nancy

I must be in the minority around here. We have cards for a couple of
local grocery stores and I am registered to get an email from our
favorite store on Sunday morning (when the new ads come out) with a
list of about a dozen things we normally buy that are on special this
month. There is a link to the full flyer. We make a list of what we
are out of or need for various meals. We also check to see what is on
sale. For example when coffee is on sale BOGO we stock up. If we see
other good deals we may plan meals around some of the sale items. Then
check the freezer and pantry to make sure that we have what we need
for the new plan. Meal plans in summer are whatever is ready in the
garden or what looks good at the farmer's market.

We still end up at the store at least 3 more times during the week. We
live just outside of a small town and a trip to any place is not that
far and if I see 10 cars on the road it is heavy traffic.
--
Susan N.

"Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral,
48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy."
Vittorio De Sica, Italian movie director (1901-1974)

On 1/26/2014 11:43 AM, The Cook wrote:
> On Sun, 26 Jan 2014 10:17:02 -0500, Nancy Young

>> happened to you? Happens enough that it winds up being
>> mentioned in an article as if it happens every day?

> I must be in the minority around here. We have cards for a couple of
> local grocery stores and I am registered to get an email from our
> favorite store on Sunday morning (when the new ads come out) with a
> list of about a dozen things we normally buy that are on special this
> month. There is a link to the full flyer. We make a list of what we
> are out of or need for various meals. We also check to see what is on
> sale. For example when coffee is on sale BOGO we stock up. If we see
> other good deals we may plan meals around some of the sale items.

Ditto.

> Then
> check the freezer and pantry to make sure that we have what we need
> for the new plan.

I can't say as I do that very often. In other words, I'm generally
surprised to find out we're out of flour or sugar. I'm not normally
the one using that stuff. But I never think to check.

> Meal plans in summer are whatever is ready in the
> garden or what looks good at the farmer's market.

I think of you as The Gardener.

> We still end up at the store at least 3 more times during the week. We
> live just outside of a small town and a trip to any place is not that
> far and if I see 10 cars on the road it is heavy traffic.

My store is right in town. Much more traffic than you but not bad
unless it's time for classes to start at the college. Then watch
out. Still, it's a hop and a skip, so I don't go crazy trying to
avoid making extra trips.

nancy

On Sun, 26 Jan 2014 11:56:21 -0500, Nancy Young
> wrote:

> Still, it's a hop and a skip, so I don't go crazy trying to
> avoid making extra trips.

Me to. Lots of traffic, but I'm used to it and don't care. I shop
whenever the mood hits and if all I want/need is a single item, that's
not a problem. I have 12 huge Safeway stores within a 5 mile
radius... which doesn't count all the other large and small grocery
chains, independent markets, green markets, convenience stores and
ethnic food shopping.


--

Good Food.
Good Friends.
Good Memories.

Nancy Young wrote:

> Reader's Digest had comments from supermarket experts,
> some of which I question.
>
> For instance: The average customer tends to remember the
> price of only four items: milk, bread, bananas, and eggs.
> Ninety-five percent of shoppers have no idea what all the
> other items cost and don't know if they're getting a good
> deal when they buy them?
>
>-- snipped --
>
> Seriously, it's happened to me I spent $40 when I only
> planned to get a couple of items, but $250? Has it ever
> happened to you? Happens enough that it winds up being
> mentioned in an article as if it happens every day?
>
> nancy

Some trivia I've seen in the news on this topic. These type of reports
have also made it into local news and IIRC on "60 Minutes".

Some of the things I remember is that in some cases popular selling
items are put on the bottom shelf so that when you reach down you'll
see other stuff on the shelves and perhaps buy more. But stuff geared
to kids was put at eye level for them so that they can "remind" mom or
dad that they want that goodie. :-) There was also some statistic I
don't remember about how much of a grocery bill is for impulse items.
That's why they want you to linger and to walk the aisles. Like
someone else wrote, the longer you stay there, the greater the
likelihood you'll buy something more than you intended.

Perhaps complicating things these days is that, at least at three of
the national/regional grocers I shop at, the grocery chain actually
sells (rents maybe) shelf space to the food manufacturer and therefore
the grocery chain has limited control over what or how that
manufacturer's products are displayed or restocked. What are called
"end caps" (I think) are prime display areas.

So like the others I may get annoyed with the grocer re-arranging
things, but, if financial analysts' reviews of grocers are accurate,
then the grocer business may only earn 3-5% profit on sales volume so
that every trick that gives the grocer an edge to sell their product is
important.

On 2014-01-26 10:17 AM, Nancy Young wrote:
> Reader's Digest had comments from supermarket experts,
> some of which I question.
>
> For instance: The average customer tends to remember the
> price of only four items: milk, bread, bananas, and eggs.
> Ninety-five percent of shoppers have no idea what all the
> other items cost and don't know if they're getting a good
> deal when they buy them?

I am not the most frugal person around but I have a pretty good idea of
the prices of a lot more than that, and for some of them I know the
prices of the same items in different stores. When I head out to shop I
consider the prices of the types of items I am looking for and usually
go to the place that has the best prices for the kind of stuff I want.
For instance, I like Shredded Wheat. One local discount store sells it
for $1.20 less than the other stores, and they often have it on sale for
$2.00 less. They also sell ground espresso for at least $1 per pack less
that the others. I go there every 3-4 weeks mainly for those two things.


>
> Seems to me people here notice a dime's difference in price,
> maybe I'm wrong. I am on the oblivious side, myself, and I
> notice when something's a good price or higher than I remember
> paying before. I don't actually know what milk goes for.

It's hard to keep up with some things. Fruit and vegetable prices vary
with the season. Meat and poultry prices are like yoyos.

> Seriously, it's happened to me I spent $40 when I only
> planned to get a couple of items, but $250? Has it ever
> happened to you? Happens enough that it winds up being
> mentioned in an article as if it happens every day?

It is rare for me to walk out of the store with only what I went in for.
$250???? no way. Half that would be a big grocery bill for me.

On 1/26/2014 12:17 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2014-01-26 10:17 AM, Nancy Young wrote:
>> Reader's Digest had comments from supermarket experts,
>> some of which I question.
>>
>> For instance: The average customer tends to remember the
>> price of only four items: milk, bread, bananas, and eggs.
>> Ninety-five percent of shoppers have no idea what all the
>> other items cost and don't know if they're getting a good
>> deal when they buy them?
>
> I am not the most frugal person around but I have a pretty good idea of
> the prices of a lot more than that, and for some of them I know the
> prices of the same items in different stores.

I really question where they came up with that 95% figure.
Seriously, they have NO idea what all the other items cost?
Dubious.

> When I head out to shop I
> consider the prices of the types of items I am looking for and usually
> go to the place that has the best prices for the kind of stuff I want.
> For instance, I like Shredded Wheat. One local discount store sells it
> for $1.20 less than the other stores, and they often have it on sale for
> $2.00 less. They also sell ground espresso for at least $1 per pack less
> that the others. I go there every 3-4 weeks mainly for those two things.

If you don't count Costco, I really don't shop different store for
grocery prices. It's not really convenient for me to do that.

>> Seems to me people here notice a dime's difference in price,
>> maybe I'm wrong. I am on the oblivious side, myself, and I
>> notice when something's a good price or higher than I remember
>> paying before. I don't actually know what milk goes for.
>
> It's hard to keep up with some things. Fruit and vegetable prices vary
> with the season. Meat and poultry prices are like yoyos.

Funny, I don't think milk fluctuates much, if at all, where
I live. I still don't notice. I need milk, I grab milk, I
don't wonder how much it is. Weird. Light cream might be $2.15
a pint.

>> Seriously, it's happened to me I spent $40 when I only
>> planned to get a couple of items, but $250? Has it ever
>> happened to you? Happens enough that it winds up being
>> mentioned in an article as if it happens every day?
>
> It is rare for me to walk out of the store with only what I went in for.
> $250???? no way. Half that would be a big grocery bill for me.

I realize that someone with a few kids is going to spend quite a bit
more than I ever could. But you'd think they'd know they needed more
than eggs when they went into the store!

nancy

On 2014-01-26 17:34, Nancy Young wrote:

>>
>> I am not the most frugal person around but I have a pretty good idea of
>> the prices of a lot more than that, and for some of them I know the
>> prices of the same items in different stores.
>
> I really question where they came up with that 95% figure.
> Seriously, they have NO idea what all the other items cost?
> Dubious.

Didn't you know that 82% of statistics used in marketing are fabricated?

On Sun, 26 Jan 2014 17:34:30 -0500, Nancy Young wrote:

> On 1/26/2014 12:17 PM, Dave Smith wrote:


>> It is rare for me to walk out of the store with only what I went in
>> for.
>> $250???? no way. Half that would be a big grocery bill for me.
>
> I realize that someone with a few kids is going to spend quite a bit
> more than I ever could. But you'd think they'd know they needed more
> than eggs when they went into the store!

I generally make a list when I am shopping for more than 'milk and bread'
- but I've even forgotten to take that with me once or twice. Which
reminds me, I'm out of baking paper - better put that on the list <g>.

FWIW, we spend (on average) ZAR2500-00 (USD224.85 - current exchange rate)
per week on food/groceries for a family of four - including cleaning
products and toiletries - and tin foil of course ;-). But how much of that
is actual *food* I couldn't tell you off the top of my head. We also have
two dogs and two cats - and about a dozen chickens - and their food is not
cheap any more either...

--
Cheers
Chatty Cathy

"Nancy Young" > wrote in message
...
> Reader's Digest had comments from supermarket experts,
> some of which I question.
>
> For instance: The average customer tends to remember the
> price of only four items: milk, bread, bananas, and eggs.

Then I'm not average! I shop at a co-op where the prices are reasonable. I
buy what I need, when I need it.

>
> Another one: We let you linger ... and it's good for business.
> Customers would tell me as they went through the checkout "I
> just stopped in for eggs" and they would have $250 worth of
> stuff.

Only when I buy wine!

Graham

On Sun, 26 Jan 2014 10:17:02 -0500, Nancy Young
> wrote:

> Seriously, it's happened to me I spent $40 when I only
> planned to get a couple of items, but $250? Has it ever
> happened to you? Happens enough that it winds up being
> mentioned in an article as if it happens every day?

I went to Fresh & Easy last week and all I needed to make an easy
dinner were a very few items that should have given me a good chunk of
change from a $10 bill. Both DD and SIL kept calling me with get
this, get that and of course everything had to be organic. I left $74
later.

Fortunately, DD had given me her credit card - so it was her money,
not mine, but how much I'd spent on so few items shocked me. I am
usually a more careful shopper than that.


--

Good Food.
Good Friends.
Good Memories.

"sf" > wrote in message
...
> On Sun, 26 Jan 2014 10:17:02 -0500, Nancy Young
> > wrote:
>
>> Seriously, it's happened to me I spent $40 when I only
>> planned to get a couple of items, but $250? Has it ever
>> happened to you? Happens enough that it winds up being
>> mentioned in an article as if it happens every day?
>
> I went to Fresh & Easy last week and all I needed to make an easy
> dinner were a very few items that should have given me a good chunk of
> change from a $10 bill. Both DD and SIL kept calling me with get
> this, get that and of course everything had to be organic. I left $74
> later.
>
> Fortunately, DD had given me her credit card - so it was her money,
> not mine, but how much I'd spent on so few items shocked me. I am
> usually a more careful shopper than that.

What? They let you use *her* credit card? That's not good.

Nah- I stick to my list which is geared to location, location - hence, I get to skip many aisles and get right to the checkout. I grab the BOGOs ONLY if it's stuff I normally buy. I do compare price per unit, but other than that, I have no other shopping strategy. I don't screw around looking at on sale items, as I can usually still make it cheaper from scratch.

That said, I do have a friend who loaded up on 128 dollars worth of stuff and paid out 28 bucks. She had coupons up the giggy, grabbed BOGOs, and the store even honored some 5 bucks off coupons from a competitor if she spent 30 dollars. I saw the receipt myself, and she was not lying.

"Nancy Young" > wrote in message
...
> Reader's Digest had comments from supermarket experts,
> some of which I question.
>
> For instance: The average customer tends to remember the
> price of only four items: milk, bread, bananas, and eggs.
> Ninety-five percent of shoppers have no idea what all the
> other items cost and don't know if they're getting a good
> deal when they buy them?
>
I know I am not the average shopping. I know the price of milk at Dollar
Tree. I know the price of 99.9% of what they sell. It's all $1.00!
Occasionally there will be 2/ or 3/ things. I know the approx. price of
bananas at Costco and Target and yet I rarely buy bananas. I know the
approximate cost of the bread that I like at Costco as compared to the other
places that sell it. It's about $3.50 there and over $5.00 elsewhee. No
clue about eggs as I rarely buy them.

> Seems to me people here notice a dime's difference in price,
> maybe I'm wrong. I am on the oblivious side, myself, and I
> notice when something's a good price or higher than I remember
> paying before. I don't actually know what milk goes for.

I tend to remember prices for the Rostarita refried beans, pasta, olives,
rice instant mashed potatoes, canned vegetables and tomato products. Also
soda pop. And the "pops" that my husband eats which are frozen strawberry
bars. The only one of these I remember right down to the penny is the
beans, the "pops" and the soda pop. Others are just approx. Also remember
things like butter/oil/margarine but much more approx. And I tend to
remember prices on cheeses that we buy all the time.
>
> Another one: We let you linger ... and it's good for business.
> Customers would tell me as they went through the checkout "I
> just stopped in for eggs" and they would have $250 worth of
> stuff.

That's wacked! I would rarely go for just one item unless I had been at
another store and they had none. Like the chives. My stockpile is so good
now that most of the time I have a list of 5-12 items but I may well leave
with two bags full. Winco could be the exception. I often have 4-5 bags
there but it's not all food. I might get books and magazines or gift items.
These days spending $250 at the grocery store would be rare! I did buy a
very large cat perch at Winco so that day I may well have spent that much.
I did spend around $300 on trips to the military commissary but I was buying
for at least two weeks at a time.
>
> Seriously, it's happened to me I spent $40 when I only
> planned to get a couple of items, but $250? Has it ever
> happened to you? Happens enough that it winds up being
> mentioned in an article as if it happens every day?

I just can't imagine. I almost always plan on getting some extra things. I
don't check all the ad prices and Winco has no ad. When I go to Winco it is
to pick up whatever the necessities are for the week (that they sell) and to
look for bargains. When husband wasn't living here, I spent $130.00 a week
there but it did include magazines, books and other non-food items. I do
tend to spend more with having to feed him as well.

But... Most of the trips to other stores have me spending on average,
$40.00 with it varying between somewhere around $20.00 to around $80.00. At
Costco I often buy just bread and apples.

I could only just imagine what might happen if a whole family went shopping
and the others were allowed to put what they wanted in the cart. This is
what used to happen at the military commissary. I would have one cart and
husband and daughter would go with another. I would tell them to get
specific things like cereal. Things they would eat. Husband would meet up
with me with a cart full of stuff, often duplicating what I'd already picked
up. And always picking up stuff that I would one day throw out. Much of
that being beer. He still gets the beer if he is shopping with us. He also
picks up weird energy drinks and teas. Once in a while he will drink one
but usually they sit in the garage until they go bad.

Nancy Young wrote:
> Reader's Digest had comments from supermarket experts,
> some of which I question.
<snip>
>
> Another one: We let you linger ... and it's good for business.
> Customers would tell me as they went through the checkout "I
> just stopped in for eggs" and they would have $250 worth of
> stuff.
>
> Seriously, it's happened to me I spent $40 when I only
> planned to get a couple of items, but $250? Has it ever
> happened to you? Happens enough that it winds up being
> mentioned in an article as if it happens every day?
>

Yes, that can happen.
If the shop has some nice caviar in and some good wine / spirits.
Plus fresh sea - food.

Cheers,

Michael Kuettner

On 1/26/2014 10:27 AM, wrote:
> On Sun, 26 Jan 2014 10:17:02 -0500, Nancy Young
> > wrote:

>> Seriously, it's happened to me I spent $40 when I only
>> planned to get a couple of items, but $250? Has it ever
>> happened to you? Happens enough that it winds up being
>> mentioned in an article as if it happens every day?

> I have sometimes spent more, for instance, if I see chuck beef at a
> great price I might decide to make a stew or beef barley soup that I
> hadn't planned for on my list, so will buy onions/carrots etc that I
> then need. Not huge amounts though.

I know what they say, make a list and stick with it. Believe
me, there were times in my life I didn't have a choice. But assuming
you aren't living on the edge, I fail to see why you wouldn't take
advantage of a good price when you see it, just because it wasn't
On The List.

> What they do which I loathe, is that switching of shelves so that you
> are looking at stuff you didn't bother looking at before because you
> shopped with your list and knew where the stuff was you wanted.

I know that's why they do it but it's annoying as hell. Takes me
forever to find where they put everything.

> I like
> to get in and out quickly, usually go about 7a.m. to avoid crowds and
> I don't appreciate being jerked about and have told them so

Every store does it, it must be worth their while. I'm not a
morning person, but I have found that shopping in the evening is
a dream, too. You have the place to yourself (at least where I
shop).

nancy

Nancy Young wrote:
>
> I'm not a
> morning person, but I have found that shopping in the evening is
> a dream, too. You have the place to yourself (at least where I
> shop).

hehheh
Years ago when I was also always shopping for a girlfriend, grocery
shopping on Friday or Saturday evenings around 7pm was a great place
to go. The women you see in the store at that time of day was either
married (look for the ring) or she was some lonely single woman going
shopping just to get out of the house. I met and dated several that
way. It *does* work.

G.

"Gary" > wrote in message ...
> Nancy Young wrote:
>>
>> I'm not a
>> morning person, but I have found that shopping in the evening is
>> a dream, too. You have the place to yourself (at least where I
>> shop).
>
> hehheh
> Years ago when I was also always shopping for a girlfriend, grocery
> shopping on Friday or Saturday evenings around 7pm was a great place
> to go. The women you see in the store at that time of day was either
> married (look for the ring) or she was some lonely single woman going
> shopping just to get out of the house. I met and dated several that
> way. It *does* work.

This should begin a whole new thread: when shopping for a mate in a
supermarket, what should you be checking out in the shopping cart (after you
have first checked out the possible mate)? What a definate must haves? What
are your turn offs?

On Sunday, January 26, 2014 10:20:51 AM UTC-6, Pico Rico wrote:
>
> This should begin a whole new thread: when shopping for a mate in a
>
> supermarket, what should you be checking out in the shopping cart (after you
>
> have first checked out the possible mate)? What a definate must haves? What
>
> are your turn offs?

Well, if the guy is buying vodka and a large jar of Vaseline, it's a turn-off.

On Sunday, January 26, 2014 11:56:38 PM UTC-7, wrote:
> On Sunday, January 26, 2014 10:20:51 AM UTC-6, Pico Rico wrote:
>
> >
>
> > This should begin a whole new thread: when shopping for a mate in a
>
> >
>
> > supermarket, what should you be checking out in the shopping cart (after you
>
> >
>
> > have first checked out the possible mate)? What a definate must haves? What
>
> >
>
> > are your turn offs?
>
> Well, if the guy is buying vodka and a large jar of Vaseline, it's a turn-off.

LOL...good one.

wrote:
>
> On Sunday, January 26, 2014 10:20:51 AM UTC-6, Pico Rico wrote:
> >
> > This should begin a whole new thread: when shopping for a mate in a
> >
> > supermarket, what should you be checking out in the shopping cart (after you
> >
> > have first checked out the possible mate)? What a definate must haves? What
> >
> > are your turn offs?
>
> Well, if the guy is buying vodka and a large jar of Vaseline, it's a turn-off.

Yeah...hahaha...that would not be a good first impression.

G.

On 1/26/2014 11:13 AM, Gary wrote:
> Nancy Young wrote:
>>
>> I'm not a
>> morning person, but I have found that shopping in the evening is
>> a dream, too. You have the place to yourself (at least where I
>> shop).
>
> hehheh
> Years ago when I was also always shopping for a girlfriend, grocery
> shopping on Friday or Saturday evenings around 7pm was a great place
> to go. The women you see in the store at that time of day was either
> married (look for the ring) or she was some lonely single woman going
> shopping just to get out of the house. I met and dated several that
> way. It *does* work.
>
> G.
>
It's funny you should mention that. I remember a *long* time ago, could
be 25 years, in the Memphis, TN area, Kroger tried to introduce "singles
night". (I don't know if that's what they called it, but that was the
idea.) They offered beverages and snacks for "singles" who apparently
didn't have anything else to do.

Jill

On 1/26/2014 11:13 AM, Gary wrote:
> Nancy Young wrote:
>>
>> I'm not a
>> morning person, but I have found that shopping in the evening is
>> a dream, too. You have the place to yourself (at least where I
>> shop).
>
> hehheh
> Years ago when I was also always shopping for a girlfriend, grocery
> shopping on Friday or Saturday evenings around 7pm was a great place
> to go. The women you see in the store at that time of day was either
> married (look for the ring) or she was some lonely single woman going
> shopping just to get out of the house. I met and dated several that
> way. It *does* work.

(laugh) Are you all Oh, how do you cook this broccoli?

Better pick up line than most I've heard about.

nancy

On 1/26/2014 11:45 AM, Nancy Young wrote:
> On 1/26/2014 11:13 AM, Gary wrote:
>> Nancy Young wrote:
>>>
>>> I'm not a
>>> morning person, but I have found that shopping in the evening is
>>> a dream, too. You have the place to yourself (at least where I
>>> shop).
>>
>> hehheh
>> Years ago when I was also always shopping for a girlfriend, grocery
>> shopping on Friday or Saturday evenings around 7pm was a great place
>> to go. The women you see in the store at that time of day was either
>> married (look for the ring) or she was some lonely single woman going
>> shopping just to get out of the house. I met and dated several that
>> way. It *does* work.
>
> (laugh) Are you all Oh, how do you cook this broccoli?
>
> Better pick up line than most I've heard about.
>
> nancy
>
Hopefully he wasn't lurking by the melons. <wink>

Jill

On 1/26/2014 11:50 AM, jmcquown wrote:
> On 1/26/2014 11:45 AM, Nancy Young wrote:
>> On 1/26/2014 11:13 AM, Gary wrote:

>>> to go. The women you see in the store at that time of day was either
>>> married (look for the ring) or she was some lonely single woman going
>>> shopping just to get out of the house. I met and dated several that
>>> way. It *does* work.
>>
>> (laugh) Are you all Oh, how do you cook this broccoli?
>>
>> Better pick up line than most I've heard about.

> Hopefully he wasn't lurking by the melons. <wink>

(laugh) Hey lady, nice looking cantaloupes you got there.

nancy

"Gary" > wrote in message ...
> Nancy Young wrote:
>>
>> I'm not a
>> morning person, but I have found that shopping in the evening is
>> a dream, too. You have the place to yourself (at least where I
>> shop).
>
> hehheh
> Years ago when I was also always shopping for a girlfriend, grocery
> shopping on Friday or Saturday evenings around 7pm was a great place
> to go. The women you see in the store at that time of day was either
> married (look for the ring) or she was some lonely single woman going
> shopping just to get out of the house. I met and dated several that
> way. It *does* work.

Yep. I used to get approached by men asking me about cuts of meat. Alas,
me being a vegetarian, I was no use to them there.

On Mon, 27 Jan 2014 02:07:54 -0600, Sqwertz wrote:

> Did you tell them that you ate dog food?
>
> -sw

From the KCQ rib stand?

Sqwertz wrote:
>
> On Sun, 26 Jan 2014 11:13:20 -0500, Gary wrote:
>
> > hehheh
> > Years ago when I was also always shopping for a girlfriend, grocery
> > shopping on Friday or Saturday evenings around 7pm was a great place
> > to go. The women you see in the store at that time of day was either
> > married (look for the ring) or she was some lonely single woman going
> > shopping just to get out of the house. I met and dated several that
> > way. It *does* work.
>
> Did you tell them that you ate dog food?

LOL! Nah...that story would come much later.

G.

On 1/26/2014 12:12 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Sun, 26 Jan 2014 10:17:02 -0500, Nancy Young wrote:
>
>> For instance: The average customer tends to remember the
>> price of only four items: milk, bread, bananas, and eggs.
>> Ninety-five percent of shoppers have no idea what all the
>> other items cost and don't know if they're getting a good
>> deal when they buy them?
>
> I remember the price of everything when I get to the checkout

I knew you would.

> and make
> sure it rings up correctly as they scanned at the register. Or when I
> review my receipt before I leave the store (sometimes I'm swiping my
> card and miss a few items on the display screen).

I always scan my receipt when I get home. I might not know
to the penny what everything will cost when I get to the store,
but I remember how much it should be when I pick it up.

> And I certainly know when something is much lower than it usually is,
> or lower/higher than it should be.

Ditto, for the most part.

>> Another one: We let you linger ... and it's good for business.
>> Customers would tell me as they went through the checkout "I
>> just stopped in for eggs" and they would have $250 worth of
>> stuff.
>
> I either go to the grocery store for a couple-few things and will scan
> the usual locations where I may find sales, or to drop $60-$80 where I
> will walk the whole store (except housewares and cereal aisles).

I generally have a list but it depends if I just go for those things
and check out. Other times it's just what I really need but I know
I'm low on a lot of stuff and I go down most aisles.

nancy

On Sun, 26 Jan 2014 17:26:15 -0500, Nancy Young
> wrote:
snip
>
>I always scan my receipt when I get home. I might not know
>to the penny what everything will cost when I get to the store,
>but I remember how much it should be when I pick it up.
>
snip
>nancy

I scan it before I leave the store. No sense wasting gas to go back
and complain about the charges.
Janet US

"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
...
> On Sun, 26 Jan 2014 17:26:15 -0500, Nancy Young wrote:
>
>> On 1/26/2014 12:12 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
>>
>>> I remember the price of everything when I get to the checkout
>>
>> I knew you would.
>
> I'm a price geek.
>
> I just wish they'd bring back the policies, "If it rings up higher
> than the shelf tag, we'll give it to your for free".

That used to be pretty common. Also, Albertsons had a policy that if they
failed to remind you of the special value (or whatever term they used), you
got it for free. And one bookstore boasted that if they failed to give you
a receipt, it was free.

"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
...
> On Mon, 27 Jan 2014 00:48:43 -0800, Julie Bove wrote:
>
>> That used to be pretty common. Also, Albertsons had a policy that if
>> they
>> failed to remind you of the special value (or whatever term they used),
>> you
>> got it for free. And one bookstore boasted that if they failed to give
>> you
>> a receipt, it was free.
>
> Albertson's, Lucky, and Safeway were sued in the early-mid 90's for
> scanning more then the shelf tags. The court ordered them to give
> "the first item of any order that scanned higher than the shelf tag"
> to the customer for free.
>
> I got over $200 worth of free "Avalon Bay" scallops by shopping there
> every other day for 2 weeks until they were sold out. They rang up as
> $14.99 and the shelf tag said $12.99. They never fixed the price tag
> on the shelf even after I pointed it to them *7* times.
>
> (I still have at least one of the boxes, which I use to hold my
> momentos from that era. Here's some stalker bait:
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/sqwertz...6264/lightbox/)
>
> I was in Vegas twice in the 90's, apparently, and I don't even
> remember those trips.

Stuff like that bugs the crap out of me because I used to do POS work. I
lived with the threat of being put in jail by the dept. of weights and
measures if something didn't scan right. If something was pointed out to us
as not being right, we had to find the problem and correct it on the spot!
And it would be a rare occasion that there wasn't a POS person there. If we
were the only one there, we were required to eat our lunch/dinner in the
cafeteria so we would be available.

But I do know how lax some stores can be and it does bug me very badly. And
not sure how it works now at Albertsons but it used to be that headquarters
was in charge of downloading the ad prices as was the case for K Mart.
But... It was our responsibility to check that the items were scanning the
correct ad prices prior to the ad starting. There was a way to do this.
Often it would be a case of some special packaging that had a different UPC
on it. This might be very old stock. Or perhaps a package with a % free or
a B1G1F.

Invariably despite our efforts, something wouldn't scan right. And then
headquarters was always fouling us up. We had what was referred to as a
"dummy" system. We would make changes but those changes were transmitted to
headquarters overnight. They would then make the changes permanent to the
system. Or they were supposed to. But many were the times that they did
not and the prices reverted back to being wrong. So we found ourselves
wanting to bang our heads on the wall from making those same changes again
and again and again. That was one job I was quite happy to leave!

And you were in CA in the 90's? Hmmm... We may have had an encounter and
did not know it! *shudder*

"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
...
> On Mon, 27 Jan 2014 02:04:40 -0800, Julie Bove wrote:
>
>> And you were in CA in the 90's? Hmmm... We may have had an encounter
>> and
>> did not know it! *shudder*
>
> If we had met, you would have *shuddered* at least 3 times.

Hehehe.

On Mon, 27 Jan 2014 04:39:22 -0600, Sqwertz wrote:

> On Mon, 27 Jan 2014 02:04:40 -0800, Julie Bove wrote:
>
>> And you were in CA in the 90's? Hmmm... We may have had an encounter and
>> did not know it! *shudder*
>
> If we had met, you would have *shuddered* at least 3 times.
>
> -sw

She's married, quit stalking her, freak.

On Mon, 27 Jan 2014 03:49:37 -0600, Sqwertz wrote:

> (I still have at least one of the boxes, which I use to hold my
> momentos from that era. Here's some stalker bait:

> > Omelet wrote:
> >
> >> He hates me 'cause I never slept with him...
> >
> > He hates himself because he is all he has to sleep with
> > I don't know, sometimes he used to seem normal, then he went petty
> > trough vindictive and now I just shun contact. I have enough crazies to
> > deal with in my world without encouraging those who refuse to take their
> > meds.
>
> For the record, I never once even considered sleeping with you. And
> you know that. You're the one who somehow got the idea that I was
> going to move in with you - and you posted that to RFC just out of the
> total blue.
>
> After having met you twice at casual austin.food gatherings 2 or 3
> years ago and not giving you any indication that there was any sort of
> romantic interest in the least, you somehow twisted that into MY
> MOVING IN WITH YOU?
>
> That was just way too Psycho for me. I sat there at stared at the
> screen for at least 15 minutes wondering, WTF? That was just way too
> spooky. I've met weird, semi-psycho women before but you win, hands
> down. Mapi of austin.general still holds the male title, but at least
> he announced his psychosis right there lying on the floor of the bar
> at B.D. Reilly's rather than romantically obsessing over me for 2
> years.
>
> Needless to say, you need to come to terms with what happened and why
> your mind works that way and stop making up excuses for your fixation
> and disappointment before we become the next Yoli and Michael. I'd
> prefer you use a sniper rifle on me from a few hundred yards away.
> There you go - a reason for you to buy yet another gun and ammo.
>
> And Jeremy, I was just tired of your decade of bullshit and visions of
> grandeur about all these things you're "working on" or have not done
> in the past. Even posting a call for meetings with imaginary people
> about imaginary projects of yours at "the normal time and place", as
> if you are somebody important with a life. I'm pretty sure you're
> manic depressive mixed with habitual liar.
>
> Sorry I don't fit either of your Ideal Psycho Pal Profiles.
>
> -sw
>

On Mon, 27 Jan 2014 02:26:06 -0600, Sqwertz wrote:

> I'm a price geek.

= cheap date

Sqwertz wrote:
>
> I'm a price geek.

I am too. I know what prices are good or not and since I don't buy
much at a time, I'm aware of the right price or an overcharge.

>
> I just wish they'd bring back the policies, "If it rings up higher
> than the shelf tag, we'll give it to your for free".

My regular store still has the policy but it hasn't happened lately.
I did get a few boxes of good chocolate chip cookies one week for free
because it wasn't entered into the computer.

G.